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Catherine Laprise

ResearcherBasic SciencesUniversité du Québec à Chicoutimi

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Catherine Laprise

Researcher

Basic Sciences

Health Sciences

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
28 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 14 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2012.

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Research

Asthma Epigenomics Crc Methylome Atopy 30x Whole Genome Sequencing Asthma Persistence Bioinformatics

Latest papers

Lipoprotein lipase DNA methylation in the adipose tissue of patients with persistent chylomicronemia.
Journal of clinical lipidology · 2026
Functional assessment of a convergent gene network underlying allergic diseases and IgE.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2026
Targeted epigenome sequencing of eosinophils reveals CpG sites and regulatory variants associated with asthma.
Genomics · 2026 · senior author

All 69 publications

Latest funding

Les pratiques liées à l'enseignement à l'extérieur et leurs effets
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$75,286
Tax credits and children's sport participation: The role of policy acceptance among families experiencing low income in Atlantic Canada
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$64,932
Les effets de l'enseignement à l'extérieur sur le développement global et le cheminement scolaire des enfants
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$62,678

All 13 grants and awards

69 publications.

Lipoprotein lipase DNA methylation in the adipose tissue of patients with persistent chylomicronemia.

Larouche M, Brisson D, Laprise C, Gaudet D

Journal of clinical lipidology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2026.02.015 PMID: 41934047

Functional assessment of a convergent gene network underlying allergic diseases and IgE.

Eranti P, Vernet R, Linhard C, Ge B, Beaumier L, Madore AM, Chanoine S, Tremblay BL, Shao X, Pin I, Lathrop M, Grundberg E, Siroux V, Pastinen T, Laprise C, Bouzigon E, Demenais F

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2026.02.009 PMID: 41724407

Targeted epigenome sequencing of eosinophils reveals CpG sites and regulatory variants associated with asthma.

Dionne-Gagné R, Madore AM, Boucher-Lafleur AM, Pastinen T, Laprise C

Genomics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2026.111235 PMID: 41856296

Season and city shape urban bioaerosol composition beyond vegetation and socioeconomic gradients.

Poirier S, Rondeau-Leclaire J, Faticov M, Roy A, Lajeunesse G, Lucier JF, Tardif S, Kembel SW, Ziter C, Laprise C, Paquette A, Girard C, Laforest-Lapointe I

The Science of the total environment2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181623 PMID: 41785576

4,5-dihydroxyhexanoic acid is a robust circulating and urine marker of mitochondrial disease and its severity.

Skinner OS, Miranda M, Dong F, Struhl T, Walker MA, Schleifer G, Henke MT, Clardy J, Hirano M, De Vivo DC, Schon EA, Engelstad K, Siegmund SE, Laprise C, Des Rosiers C, Mootha VK, Sharma R

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.10.705117 PMID: 41727150

Genomic analysis of Canadian children with food allergies points to the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene locus.

Madore AM, Lavoie MÈ, Boucher-Lafleur AM, Gagnon-Brassard F, Gilbert N, Bégin P, Lavoie S, Rochefort-Beaudoin C, Nuncio-Naud C, Parizeault G, Morin C, Laprise C

Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/pai.70261 PMID: 41367318

Epigenetic patient stratification reveals a sub-endotype of type 2 asthma with altered B-cell response.

Gorla A, Witonsky J, Chen ZJ, Elhawary JR, Mefford J, Perez-Garcia J, Madore AM, Huntsman S, Hu D, Eng C, Bhakta NR, Woodruff PG, Laprise C, Sankararaman S, Flint J, Allen CDC, Ziv E, Zaitlen N, Burchard E, Rahmani E

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2025

DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.28.25334696 PMID: 40950420

DNA methylation of food sensitization in a French-Canadian population.

Tremblay BL, Madore AM, Laprise C

Clinical epigenetics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13148-025-01951-8 PMID: 40820203

Impact of oral immunotherapy on diversity of gut microbiota in food-allergic children.

Bouabid T, Tremblay BL, Lavoie MÈ, Boucher-Lafleur AM, Gagnon-Brassard F, Bégin P, Lavoie S, Rochefort-Beaudoin C, Nuncio-Naud C, Parizeault G, Morin C, Girard C, Madore AM, Laprise C

Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/pai.70156 PMID: 40747641

Food Allergy Genetics and Epigenetics: A Review of Genome‐Wide Association Studies

Arnau‐Soler A, Tremblay BL, Sun Y, Madore A, Simard M, Kersten ETG, Ghauri A, Marenholz I, Eiwegger T, Simons E

Acta Allergologica202521 citations

DOI: 10.1111/all.16429

Les pratiques liées à l'enseignement à l'extérieur et leurs effets

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pulido, Loïc

Keywords: apprentissage; développement global; développement professionnel; enseignement; extérieur; santé durable

$75,286

Tax credits and children's sport participation: The role of policy acceptance among families experiencing low income in Atlantic Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Clark, Marianne I.

Keywords: sport policy; income inequity; children; family

$64,932

Les effets de l'enseignement à l'extérieur sur le développement global et le cheminement scolaire des enfants

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Pulido, Loïc

Keywords: cheminement scolaire; développement global; enseignement à l'extérieur; nature

$62,678

Integration of genomic and genealogical data to decipher the genetics of asthma

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Laprise, Catherine; Girard, Simon

Keywords: 30x Whole Genome Sequencing; Asthma; Asthma Persistence; Bioinformatics; Epigenomics; Genealogies; Genomics; Imputations; Integrated Database; Omics Integration

$1,120,726

There's something in the air: disentangling the role of airborne microbes and pollutants in the inflammatory response of asthma along a latitudinal gradient in Canada

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Girard, Catherine

$120,600

Canada Reseach Chair - Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2021Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Laprise, Catherine

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

A multigenerational study of the atopic march for deciphering the epigenetic heritability of allergic respiratory diseases and contribution to the elaboration of a predictive tool

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Laprise, Catherine

Keywords: Asthma; Atopic March; Epigenetic Heritability; Longitudinal Follow-Up; Maternal And Paternal Transmission; Methylome; Multigenerational Families; Polygenic Risk Score; Predictive Tool; Transcriptome

$669,375

Do urban trees affect human respiratory health and autoimmune diseases through microbiomes, air contaminants, and allergens?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Laforest-Lapointe, Isabelle

$250,000

Canada Research Chair Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2014Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Laprise, Catherine

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Comprehensive analysis of IL1R1 and IL1R2 genes in asthma considering smoking status

Nominated PICIHR2013Catalyst Grant: Environments, Genes and Chronic Disease

Principal investigators: Laprise, Catherine; Bouchard, Luigi

Keywords: Asthma; Atopy; Bronchial Epithelial Cells; Epigenetics; Expression; Genetics; Il1r1; Il1r2; Immunohistochemistry; Protein Levels

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Catherine Laprise

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Lipoprotein lipase DNA methylation in the adipose tissue of patients with persistent chylomicronemia.

Functional assessment of a convergent gene network underlying allergic diseases and IgE.

Targeted epigenome sequencing of eosinophils reveals CpG sites and regulatory variants associated with asthma.

Season and city shape urban bioaerosol composition beyond vegetation and socioeconomic gradients.

4,5-dihydroxyhexanoic acid is a robust circulating and urine marker of mitochondrial disease and its severity.

Genomic analysis of Canadian children with food allergies points to the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene locus.

Epigenetic patient stratification reveals a sub-endotype of type 2 asthma with altered B-cell response.

DNA methylation of food sensitization in a French-Canadian population.

Impact of oral immunotherapy on diversity of gut microbiota in food-allergic children.

Food Allergy Genetics and Epigenetics: A Review of Genome‐Wide Association Studies

Les pratiques liées à l'enseignement à l'extérieur et leurs effets

Tax credits and children's sport participation: The role of policy acceptance among families experiencing low income in Atlantic Canada

Les effets de l'enseignement à l'extérieur sur le développement global et le cheminement scolaire des enfants

Integration of genomic and genealogical data to decipher the genetics of asthma

There's something in the air: disentangling the role of airborne microbes and pollutants in the inflammatory response of asthma along a latitudinal gradient in Canada

Canada Reseach Chair - Tier 1

A multigenerational study of the atopic march for deciphering the epigenetic heritability of allergic respiratory diseases and contribution to the elaboration of a predictive tool

Do urban trees affect human respiratory health and autoimmune diseases through microbiomes, air contaminants, and allergens?

Canada Research Chair Tier 1

Comprehensive analysis of IL1R1 and IL1R2 genes in asthma considering smoking status

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Tomi Pastinen

Mark Lathrop

Jamila Chakir

Gustavo Turecki

Denise Daley

Martin Alda

Christine Des Rosiers

Yuka Asai

Nicolas Flamand

Susan Elliott

Jean Bourbeau

Guillaume Bourque

Catherine Laprise

Anne-Marie Mes-Masson

Charles Morin

Meghan Azad

Moshe Ben-Shoshan

Catherine Larochelle

Simon Girard

Vincent Mooser

Qingling Duan

Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe

Yann Joly

Catherine Laprise

Susan Elliott

Bruce Mazer

Nathalie Grandvaux

Lucie Germain

Susan Waserman

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Malcolm Sears

Simon Rousseau